I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

The image is an X post by user Joshua Reed Eakle from 20 hours ago, stating: "The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for citizens. Few understand this." The post includes a profile picture and a verified badge.

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

Let’s call a lie a lie, shall we?

NEW: Trump’s purge continues. Prosecutor Maya Song — who said there wasn’t enough evidence to indict Comey — has been fired. Loyalty to law is punished. Loyalty to Trump is rewarded. #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky

OK now it’s over

Not over yet

À better measure of the US economy would be how the bottom 33% are making do on their income, rather than how the top 10% are making do in the stock market.

A Hubble space image of a spiral galaxy surrounded by stars and galaxies. Toward the top, a red arrow points to a small speck of light with the caption “MY COUNTRY IS THE GREATEST.”

💯.

andrew chen of 3sixteen explaining why you may not feel the tariffs yet

IG 3sixteen

Every year, really good players get left out of the MLB All-Star Game.

So Chad Jennings and @samblum3.bsky.social put together their 2025 All-Snubs team.

Do you agree with their picks?

They call themselves Christians. Nothing has been more of a lie in our nations history.

Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all

These last few days and weeks have really brought it home- words MATTER. Before you say it or share it ask yourself:
Is what I'm about to say
🔎ACCURATE?
🔧 HELPFUL?
🔑NECESSARY?
Add to the conversation, not the noise. Chill your hot takes to make sure you're helping, not hurting.

Finland Didn't End Homelessness With Magic. They Just Didn't Treat It Like a Business Plan. You can still run a café. Start a band. Sell socks online. Capitalism still works in Finland. But they decided that housing people didn't need to turn a profit. Because sometimes, the moral thing is the practical thing. And no one thrives when their neighbour is sleeping in a tent by the river. You can't KPI your way out of a crisis. Sometimes, you just have to give a damn.

You can’t KPI your way out of a crisis.
🎯

Can someone explain to me why we have an administration that is tending toward isolationism but we increasing our defense spending? just curious

After Pressuring Ukraine for Peace Deal, Trump Finally Sees Obstacle in Russia President Trump’s inability to halt the war in Ukraine after promising to do so quickly has left him increasingly frustrated. The question now is whether he is willing to press Moscow for concessions ...

www.wsj.com/world/russia...

theonion.com/show-me-wher...

Please repeat over and over:

“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”

—Gov. JB Pritzker

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.

When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

snapped on this one. 😏

Bingo

This is the beginning of a massive fall of MAGA.

No amount of division, fear mongering, lies, and cheap lines will overcome the fact that you just took many people’s prosperity just because it makes you feel powerful.

Mark my words, the beginning of the end.

Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who misses having a President who didn't start dumb trade wars, because he was too busy creating 16 million jobs, signing infrastructure and manufacturing bills, and putting a $35/month cap on insulin.

We were better off under Joe Biden.

These aren't tariffs. They are a horse's head in the bed of (almost) every world government and business leader.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇧🇾 The US did not impose new tariffs on Russia and Belarus, — Le Monde

The White House says that "American sanctions are already preventing any significant trade with Russia," but in fact, the US-Russia trade balance in 2024 was about $3.5 billion.